Dow Kim is a Private Investor and Chairman of the family mining company in Southeast Asia. He is also the President of Dow Kim Family Foundation, a 501(c)(3) private foundation he has led since 2018. The foundation focuses on higher education, leadership development, and social services, supporting a select group of charitable organizations in the United States through long-term financial commitments.

In addition to the Foundation’s work, the Kim family supports education through the Dow Kim Family Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship Fund at the University of Pennsylvania, established in 2017.

Mr. Kim previously served as President of Global Markets & Investment Banking, Executive Vice President, and a member of the Executive Management Committee at Merrill Lynch & Co. from October 2003 to May 2007. Earlier in his career, he was Managing Director and Head of the Fixed Income Group at Merrill Lynch Japan, where he lived from 1991 to 2000, and was also a member of the Japan Executive Management Committee.

He has served on several boards and advisory roles, including as a member of the Advisory Board of SK On, an electric vehicle battery manufacturer within SK Group, from March 2023 to March 2025. He was also a Trustee of Asia Society from 2006 to 2009 and a Board Trustee of Marymount School of New York from 2005 to 2014.

In 2006, Mr. Kim received the Spirit of Asian America Award from the Asian American Federation of New York.

Mr. Kim earned his MBA and BSE from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He is a graduate of Phillips Academy Andover.